Tickle in my throat, cough!

Grrrrrr sadly nothing sexy about a face mask, but another essential. That is if you’d like to to prevent short- and long-term respiratory illnesses and especially if you have asthma.

I remain astonished – not just a teeny bit surprised – by the amount of dust that even a small bit of DIY brings. Not being selfish of course, plaster dust spreads like a thin blanket of snow – that sadly you can’t even ski down!

Already I’ve got through a small zillion number of face masks (ok, I exaggerated slightly, about 10 and I’m only a short while into this project) and it is amazing how quickly they go from being pristine to absorbing dust particles. It isn’t hard to see which is which….